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When the Parthenon was completed in 432 B.C.E., it epitomized the height of Greek architecture—its colonnade, masonry, and magnificent frieze overseen by Phidias harmonizing in a grand tribute ...

The cast is of the boy Eros (figure 42) from slab VI of the east frieze of the Parthenon. Watching the procession, he stands against the knees of his seated mother, Aphrodite. This portion of the ...

An exhibit that will most likely be missing is the so-called Elgin Marbles, sculptural works that include 247 feet of the original Parthenon frieze. Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The mere magnitude of the frieze as an artistic conception will thus be apparent at a glance ... Gilt decoration to upper cover and titled in gilt on spine: `The Sculptures of the Parthenon. A.S.

The Fagan Fragment, a piece of the eastern frieze of the Parthenon, was part of the archaeological collection of the former British consul Robert Fagan. Its return to Greece was made possible ...

Pope Francis’ passing marks the end of a historic chapter, one that touched Greece and the Orthodox World profoundly.

In March 2023, the Vatican Museums returned three pieces of the Parthenon's frieze, metopes decorative band and pediments. The heads of a youth, a bearded man and a horse were reunited with the ...

Apply to the 2025 Frieze New Writers Programme in Liverpool, UK Apply by Sunday 27 April to attend our free art-writing course, in collaboration with Liverpool Biennial and supported by Frieze ...

Artists at the fair looking at land, rootedness and nature in South and Central America, including Claudia Alarcón, Beatriz Milhazes and Nohemí Pérez On Earth Day 2025, we look at som eof the artists ...